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Information Witheld & Shifters - Downey, Juan
- Artist
- Juan Downey
- Date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Art Metropole
- Format
- Video
- Details
- Video
“Information Withheld” dramatizes the nature of signs and symbols in an ascending order of complexity, from traffic signals and hieroglyphs to Michelangelo’s painting of the “Madonna and Child with St. Joseph”. In “Shifters”, Downey distinguishes six recurring themes, including Egypt, Napolean, the scholars, the abuse of a cat, and a melodrama. The subtext of this videotape concerns the oppositions of imperial power and the working class suggested through architecture that is emblamatic of them.
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